Posted by donut on February 14, 2007, at 23:36:57
In reply to Re: Teen Suicide Spike Linked to SSRI Black Box, posted by Squiggles on February 12, 2007, at 14:11:02
> > Another explanation could be that the black box advertises to a desperate person that the medication can be used for suicide. Just a thought. Here in New Zealand we have one of the highest rates of teen suicide. No-one knows why. Some think it's because we don't eat enough fish. It's quite expensive here surprisingly and sad because our seas are beautifully clean and our fish unpolluted
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> I just read an article in a weekend paper regarding suicide rates in Canada. And the Province of Quebec is the highest of all. The author sites the relatively very high poverty rate, illiteracy, linguistic and cultural divisions, medical inaccessibility and political and social insecurity. Suicide rates are highest in the poor districts of the province.
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>I've always heard that the suicide rate was highest in First Nations communities. As much as six times the Canadian average.
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